Monthly Archives: April 2015

West Nab Fell Race Meltham Yorks 18th April The third race in the Junior English Fell Championship took place in Meltham Yorkshire with large enties in all the races Freya Whittle was the best placed Horwich runner finishing third in … Continue reading →

Fleming Trophy 20th April 2015 This years annual handicap race just over 2 kilometres saw 38 children take part and saw some brilliant performances the winner was 7 year old Martha Kay who made the most of her handicap to … Continue reading →

London Marathon Brenda Hesketh is running the London Marathon in her sisters memory and is raising funds in aid of Macmillan Cancer Trust anyone wishing to sponsor her can do so on her Just Giving Page all donations will be … Continue reading →

Flemming Trophy for Juniors under 16 years of age 20th April 6.30 start This years race is again at Boton Arena numbers to be collected on the night, this is a Handicap race over 2k for our Junior members, NO … Continue reading →

Pendle Senior Race 7.3k 470ft Almost 300 runners toed the line for this popular A Category Short fell race in excellent conditions the winner English champion Tom Addison won easily in 32.40 with our first counter Dave Milliken despite having … Continue reading →

Pendle Fell Races 4th April 2015 This was the second championship race in the English Junior Championship and seven juniors made the short trip to the village of Barley and where rewarded with some excellent results. In the U/8 race … Continue reading →

Liver Hill Rossendale 31st March 2015 Fresh from racing in Buxton Toby Middleton made the short journey to Rossendale to race a tough two mile fell race and showed great recovery to finish in second place a great run in … Continue reading →

Erwood Hall Derbyshire 28th March 2015 A small group of Horwich Juniors made the trip to Erwood Hall near Buxton to compete in the first English Junior Championship race of 2015 and were rewarded with some excellent results. In the … Continue reading →

vVo2max Training Next week I want to do some testing at the track before the session. The testing is based around vVo2max efforts. This is a strategy that I favour for distance runners as it trains the body to run … Continue reading →